Inflation in Cyprus reached 3.3% in April 2011, compared to 2.4% in the previous year and 2.8% in the previous month. According to an official press release, the Consumer Price Index for April increased by 1,34 units or 1,16% to 116,46 units compared to 115,12 in March 2011. According to Cyprus Statistical Service, this is
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Brent crude fell by more than $4 to near $117 a barrel on Thursday as fund managers and traders pulled money from across commodities markets on concerns about interest rate rises and demand destruction. At 1318 GMT, Brent crude futures for June were down $3.95 to $117.24, after dipping to an intraday low of $116.55.
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Computer hackers are exploiting the fascination with the death of Osama bin Laden to spread malicious software through scams that promise access to videos of the historic killing. One of the campaigns targets Facebook users, who receive e-mails purportedly from friends who urge them to cut and paste a string of malicious text they are
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When Osama bin Laden's men flew airliners into New York's World Trade Center 10 years ago, they drew an outpouring of solidarity from Europe, captured by a French newspaper under the headline "We are all Americans now". It didn't last. A decade of wars has followed that strained old alliances — few in Paris will
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Two mid-level al Qaeda leaders were killed in Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland, on Thursday, the defence ministry said. Residents said they saw a drone in the air at the time. The Yemeni defence ministry identified the men as two brothers, Musa'id and Abdullah Mubarak, and said they were killed at around dawn in
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-ECB leaves euro zone interest rates on hold at 1.25 pct – Portugal bailout "tough, but fair", recovery distant – Opposition supports deal – Deficit cut targets give room for return to growth in 2013 Portugal signed up to a "tough but fair" 78-billion-euro international bailout plan on Thursday which will send it into recession
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Facebook and Google Inc (GOOG.O) are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters . Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has taken part in internal discussions about buying Skype, according to one of the sources. Another
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President Barack Obama decided on Wednesday not to release photographs of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's body, saying they could incite violence and be used by militants as a propaganda tool. Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking to head off suggestions that killing bin Laden was illegal, said the U.S. commandos who raided his
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Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons. The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two
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Property sales in Cyprus fell an annual 16 percent to 2,741 in the first four months of the year after they rose 5 percent in 2010, the Department of Lands and Surveys said. “Demand for property suffers from a high unemployment rate and a lack of liquidity at banks, which result in higher interest rates
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